University of Montreal Falcon Webcam, Quebec

The University of Montreal Falcon Webcam looks inside a peregrine falcon nest box on the tower of the Roger-Gaudry pavilion, the university’s main building on Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec. The main camera shows the floor of the box, a bed of gravel between wooden walls, with a strip of artificial turf along the front edge. Three more cameras on the same tower cover the ledge outside, a wide view across the campus toward the dome of Saint Joseph’s Oratory, and the tower itself against the sky. From late March into June the box can hold eggs and then chicks. In October it is often empty, and the views over the city carry the stream until courtship starts again in late winter.

About the University of Montreal Falcons

Peregrine falcons were first seen on the tower in 2007. The nest box went up in 2008 through a project started by a research professional at Polytechnique Montreal, and in 2009 a female named Spirit raised the first chicks in it. By 2015 the site had produced its 18th falcon chick. Partners now include the university’s sustainable development unit and Polytechnique Montreal. The box sits at the level of the 23rd floor, and the University of Montreal Falcon Webcam is the stream from inside it.

The best-known recent resident was Eve, a female who settled at the site on June 11, 2017. By the project’s count she sent 18 young into the air, nine males and nine females. Her 2025 season ended with no hatchlings, and she did not return. In 2026 a new pair took the tower: Tadi, the male, and Ziva, the female. Ziva laid eggs on April 13, 16 and 18, the first two chicks hatched on May 21, and the project counts three chicks for that first season, all females, named Edna, Gaoh and Gali.

Each camera has its own stream, and this page carries all four as tabs. Camera 2, the inside view of the box, is the one with the live chat on YouTube. Camera 1 looks along the stone-capped ledge past the front of the box and its turf-covered landing board, out over the glass and stone buildings of the campus to apartment blocks, church steeples and a flat spread of city that runs to the horizon. Camera 3, a pan-tilt-zoom model whose framing can change, shows a wooden nest box from outside, with campus buildings, the wooded flank of Mount Royal and the Oratory dome behind it. Camera 4 looks back at the tower itself, with its dark dome and antennas.

Weather and Climate in Montreal

Montreal winters are long and cold. January averages about -9.2 C (15 F), and the city gets more than 2 meters (6.6 feet) of snow in a typical year, so the ledge cameras can show snow on the campus roofs and the streets far below. Courtship on the tower starts in mid to late February, and eggs follow in late March or early April. Spring brings the busiest weeks on the nest camera: chicks hatch in early May, are banded at about 20 or 21 days old before they leave the box, and make their first flights around mid-June, at 37 to 45 days old depending on sex.

Summer is warm, with July averaging 21.7 C (71 F), and by August the young falcons are independent and gone. Fall starts mild. October averages 8.8 C (48 F), and in early October 2026 the trees across the campus and on Mount Royal were turning yellow, orange and red on the ledge cameras. The project’s calendar marks September to January as the adults’ rest period, so in October the nest box is often empty.

Things to Do Near the University of Montreal

Saint Joseph’s Oratory, the dome on the Camera 3 skyline, stands on the slope of Mount Royal close to the campus. Its dome rises 97 meters (318 feet) and is one of the largest church domes in the world. Mount Royal itself tops out at 233 meters (764 feet) on its main summit, and the paths of Mount Royal Park lead to the Kondiaronk Belvedere, a lookout over downtown, to Beaver Lake and to the Mount Royal Cross. Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, next to the campus on the mountain’s slope, is another quiet place to walk.

For the falcons themselves, the project’s website keeps a daily observation log and a photo archive from all four cameras, and its newsletter comes out four times a year. The university bookstore on campus sells a line of falcon project shirts.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the University of Montreal falcon nest located?

On the tower of the Roger-Gaudry pavilion, the University of Montreal’s main building, on Mount Royal in the Cote-des-Neiges area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The nest box sits at the level of the 23rd floor of the tower.

What can you see on the University of Montreal Falcon Webcam?

The main view is inside the nest box: a gravel floor, wooden walls and a turf strip at the front. The other tabs show the ledge with the city beyond, a nest box from outside with the Saint Joseph’s Oratory dome on the skyline, and the tower itself.

What is the weather like in Montreal?

Cold and snowy in winter, with January around -9.2 C (15 F) and more than 2 meters (6.6 feet) of snow a year, and warm in summer, with July around 21.7 C (71 F). October averages 8.8 C (48 F).

What are the names of the University of Montreal falcons?

Since 2026 the resident pair is Tadi, the male, and Ziva, the female. Their first season produced three female chicks, Edna, Gaoh and Gali. Before them the site belonged to Eve, a female who arrived in 2017 and did not return after the 2025 season.

When do the falcons lay eggs at the University of Montreal?

Courtship starts in mid to late February, and eggs usually come in late March or early April. In 2026 Ziva laid on April 13, 16 and 18, and the first chicks hatched on May 21. First flights follow around mid-June.

Why is the nest box on the University of Montreal Falcon Webcam empty?

From September to January the adults are in their rest period by the project’s calendar, and the young of the year are independent and gone by August. An empty box in fall or early winter is normal, and activity picks up again with courtship in February.

Can you watch the University of Montreal falcons at night?

Yes. The cameras switch to infrared after dark, which produces no visible light and does not disturb the birds, so the streams stay on through the night.

What do peregrine falcons eat in Montreal?

Birds or bats, nothing else. The project notes that the female favors pigeons, while the male takes starlings, thrushes and similar small birds.

Source: Faucons UdeM